American actress Scarlett Johansson made her debut in the 1994 comedy-drama North . [1] Her first lead role was as the 11-year-old sister of a pregnant teenager in Manny & Lo (1996), [2] for which she received a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead. [3] Johansson starred in Robert Redford's drama The Horse Whisperer (1998), and appeared in the black comedy Ghost World (2001). Two years later, Johansson played a young woman in a listless marriage in the Sofia Coppola-directed Lost in Translation , and also played a servant in Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer's household in Girl with a Pearl Earring with Colin Firth. She was nominated at the 61st Golden Globe Awards for both films, and received the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for the former. [4] [5]
Two years later, Johansson starred in Woody Allen's psychological thriller Match Point , for which she garnered a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture. In 2006, she appeared in Christopher Nolan's psychological thriller The Prestige , and played a journalism student in Allen's Scoop . In the same year, Johansson made her first appearance as host of the television variety show Saturday Night Live , which she has since hosted a further five times as of 2019. Two years later, Johansson starred in Allen's romantic comedy-drama Vicky Cristina Barcelona with Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz, and portrayed Queen of England Anne Boleyn's sister Mary in the historical drama The Other Boleyn Girl (2008) with Natalie Portman and Eric Bana. She received the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her Broadway debut performance in the 2010 revival of Arthur Miller's A View from the Bridge . [6]
She played Black Widow in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) superhero film Iron Man 2 (2010). [7] Johansson reprised the role in the Joss Whedon-directed The Avengers in 2012. The following year, she starred in the Broadway revival of the Tennessee Williams play Cat on a Hot Tin Roof with Ciarán Hinds, and voiced an artificially intelligent virtual assistant in Spike Jonze's Her with Joaquin Phoenix. [8] Johansson appeared as Black Widow in the MCU superhero film Captain America: The Winter Soldier , its sequel Captain America: Civil War , Avengers: Age of Ultron , Avengers: Infinity War , and Avengers: Endgame —the lattermost is the second-highest-grossing film of all time. [9] Johansson played a woman going through a divorce in Noah Baumbach's comedy-drama Marriage Story with Adam Driver, and a mother who hides a Jewish girl in Nazi Germany in Taika Waititi's satirical black comedy Jojo Rabbit (both in 2019). [10] She received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress for the former and a nomination in the Best Supporting Actress category for the latter. [11]
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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1994 | North | Laura Nelson | [1] [12] | |
1995 | Just Cause | Katie Armstrong | [13] | |
1996 | If Lucy Fell | Emily | [14] | |
Manny & Lo | Amanda "Manny" | [13] | ||
1997 | Fall | Little Girl | [13] | |
Home Alone 3 | Molly Pruitt | [15] | ||
1998 | The Horse Whisperer | Grace MacLean | [16] | |
1999 | My Brother the Pig | Kathy Caldwell | [17] | |
2001 | The Man Who Wasn't There | Rachel "Birdy" Abundas | [18] [19] | |
Ghost World | Rebecca Doppelmeyer | [20] | ||
An American Rhapsody | Young Suzanne Sandor | [21] [22] | ||
2002 | Eight Legged Freaks | Ashley Parker | [23] | |
2003 | Lost in Translation | Charlotte | [24] | |
Girl with a Pearl Earring | Griet | [25] | ||
2004 | The Perfect Score | Francesca | [26] | |
A Love Song for Bobby Long | Pursy | [27] | ||
A Good Woman | Meg Windermere | [28] | ||
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie | Princess Mindy (voice) | [29] | ||
In Good Company | Alex Foreman | [30] [31] | ||
2005 | Match Point | Nola Rice | [32] | |
The Island | Jordan Two Delta / Sarah Jordan | [33] | ||
2006 | Scoop | Sondra Pransky | [34] | |
The Black Dahlia | Kay Lake | [35] | ||
The Prestige | Olivia Wenscombe | [36] | ||
2007 | The Nanny Diaries | Annie Braddock | [37] | |
2008 | The Other Boleyn Girl | Mary Boleyn | [38] | |
Vicky Cristina Barcelona | Cristina | [39] | ||
The Spirit | Silken Floss | [40] | ||
2009 | He's Just Not That Into You | Anna | [41] | |
These Vagabond Shoes | — | Short film; director and writer | [42] [43] | |
2010 | Iron Man 2 | Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow | [44] | |
2011 | The Whale | — | Executive producer | [45] |
We Bought a Zoo | Kelly Foster | [46] | ||
2012 | The Avengers | Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow | [47] | |
Hitchcock | Janet Leigh | [48] | ||
2013 | Don Jon | Barbara Sugarman | [49] | |
Under the Skin | Laura | [50] | ||
Her | Samantha (voice) | [51] | ||
2014 | Chef | Molly | [52] | |
Lucy | Lucy Miller | [53] | ||
Captain America: The Winter Soldier | Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow | [54] | ||
2015 | Avengers: Age of Ultron | [55] | ||
American Express Unstaged: Ellie Goulding | — | Concert film; director | [56] | |
2016 | Captain America: Civil War | Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow | [57] | |
Hail, Caesar! | DeeAnna Moran | [58] | ||
The Jungle Book | Kaa (voice) | [59] | ||
Sing | Ash (voice) | [60] | ||
2017 | Ghost in the Shell | Major Mira Killian / Motoko Kusanagi | [61] | |
Rough Night | Jessica "Jess" Thayer | [62] [63] | ||
Thor: Ragnarok | Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow | Archive footage | ||
2018 | Isle of Dogs | Nutmeg (voice) | [64] | |
Avengers: Infinity War | Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow | [65] | ||
2019 | Captain Marvel | Uncredited role | [66] | |
Avengers: Endgame | [67] | |||
Marriage Story | Nicole Barber | [68] | ||
Jojo Rabbit | Rosie Betzler | [69] | ||
2021 | Black Widow | Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow | Also executive producer | [70] [71] |
Sing 2 | Ash (voice) | [72] [73] | ||
2023 | Asteroid City | Midge Campbell / Mercedes Ford | [74] | |
North Star | Katherine | [75] | ||
2024 | Fly Me to the Moon | Kelly Jones | Also producer | [76] [77] |
Transformers One | Elita-1 (voice) | [78] | ||
Sing: Thriller | Ash (voice) | Short film | [79] | |
2025 | Thunderbolts* † | — | Executive producer; Post-production | [80] |
The Phoenician Scheme † | TBA | Post-production | [81] | |
Jurassic World Rebirth † | Zora Bennett | [82] | ||
TBA | Eleanor the Great † | — | Post-production; director | [83] |
Year(s) | Title | Role(s) | Notes | Ref. |
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1995 | The Client | Jenna Halliwell | Episode: "Pilot" | [84] |
2004 | Entourage | Herself | Episode: "New York"; Cameo | [85] |
2005–2008 | Robot Chicken | Various voices | 6 episodes | [86] |
2006–2024 | Saturday Night Live | Host / Various characters | 13 episodes (Host of 6 episodes) | [87] [88] [89] [90] [91] |
2014 | HitRecord on TV | Olivia (voice) | Episode: "Re: Games"; Animated short film "Two Player Game" | [92] [93] |
2021 | Marvel Studios: Assembled | Herself | Episode: "The Making of Black Widow" | [94] |
Year | Title | Role | Venue | Notes | Ref(s) |
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2010 | A View from the Bridge | Catherine | Cort Theatre | January 24 − April 4 | [95] [96] |
2013 | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof | Margaret | Richard Rodgers Theatre | January 17 − March 30 | [97] [98] |
Year | Title | Role(s) | Notes | Ref(s) |
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2004 | The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie | Princess Mindy (voice) | Console and PC versions | [99] |
Year | Title | Artist(s) | Ref(s) |
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2003 | "Girl with a Pearl" | Truman | [100] |
2006 | "When the Deal Goes Down" | Bob Dylan | [101] |
2007 | "What Goes Around... Comes Around" | Justin Timberlake | [102] |
2008 | "Yes We Can" | will.i.am | [103] |
2009 | "Relator" | Pete Yorn and Scarlett Johansson | [104] |
2018 | "Bad Dreams" | [105] [106] |